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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
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A group for moms of "Master At Arms" sailors.
Members: 630
Latest Activity: Oct 4, 2023
We look forward to hearing about your sailors journey. How he/she likes being an MAA (MA) and which kind of job they are doing and how you are doing knowing what your sailor does for a living.
NOTE: Please help keep our sailors safe. Don't give out exact locations.Example: If he/she is in Iraq you can say Iraq but I would not say the name of the camp or a town near the camp. If they are on a ship don't give the last known location. Although some of that is public we don't in anyway want to jeopardize them.
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MA Schools
Lackland AFB, TX -- 40 calendar days
Hampton Roads, VA -- 50 calendar days
Kings Ba, GA -- 50 calendar days
Ship and shore physical security requirements, crime prevention, military and civil law, antiterrorism procedures, physical fitness training, interpersonal communications, first aid, firearms and physical restraint. Group instruction, classroom and physical training in use of restraining devices.
MA's Practicing There Skills - Bahrain
OC Spray
Below is a look at what the MA sailors go though in "A" school at Lackland Air Force Base. USS Russell April 12, 2008 The ship's boarding team practices their close-quarters combat skills while the ship's Master-at-Arms offers "encouragement".
Discussion Forum
GITMO
Started by Julie. Last reply by IdahoMom Dec 8, 2018. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Graduation Dates
Started by MA mom of KY. Last reply by MainemomJulie May 30, 2017. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on July 17, 2010 at 2:58pm
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A "chit" is basically a permission slip. They are "required" for many different things at different times in their military careers. I put that in quotation marks because some commands are very lienient about some things and real sticklers about others. Your sailor has to get the "lay of the land" at his command as to what they really expect.
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Kimberly, you are right on target about the tats, they ARE supposed to get a chit, but like you said, it doesn't seem like Kelcie's command has ever required it. I do know that they CANNOT get them done overseas because of the "cleanliness" issue. I'm not a fan of them either, but have given up saying anything much :>( They are gonna do what they are gonna do.
Aaron is smart to keep everything all together. Kelcie also got a NAM from her last station. We keep everything like that here at home in one place so that when she needs them, we just fax a copy of whatever it is she needs.
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Comment by Nancy (MAA Mom) on July 17, 2010 at 1:39pm
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My daughter wound up in the ER last night following the OC spray. It turns out she had an allergic reaction to it and her eyes would not stop burning and weeping. Lights were really bothering her as well. They gave her eye drops and Benadryl and sent her on her way. Hopefully it'll clear up quickly and that'll be the end of it.
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Comment by Brenda Sue on July 17, 2010 at 9:12am
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Janie, nope - my MA also got a ugly tatoo last year. His almost covers his upper arm - but it does go below his elbow some.
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Comment by janieflorida on July 17, 2010 at 7:38am
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I thought that more tattoos after they enlisted was forbidden.
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Hi Kimberly, I think Kelcie has caught on to the "not below the top of the elbow" wisdom. She has a 1/2 sleeve, and at one point had talked about getting a full sleeve, but recently, she has been saying that she will most likely avoid going any lower on her arm. Hopefully somebody out there whose judgement she trusts has been enlightening her. Heaven knows I'm to old to!!! :>) :>)
Tina, how fun that you got to go down to San Antonio with your son. Kelcie loved her time there. Now she is one of the trainers of the "rent a cops" (that's my terminology, not hers, for sailors that are not MA's, but are on loan to security) on board, and they also have to go thru being OC'd. Poor souls :>(
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Hi all, Brenda Sue is right on target with her info about clothes and cell phones etc. But the OC certificate is something you MUST keep in a safe place, and easily accessible, because the WILL need it several times in their careers as MA's. They sure as heck don't want to have to go thru it again! Kelcie has been in for over 3 years now, and I've had to send her copies at every one of her new stations.
Kimber....don't know what it is about sailors and their "ink", although Kelcie got her 1st one the second she turned 18 also....before she ever joined. She is in Japan now, onboard the USS George Washington. She loves it!. They can't get tats over there, but everytime she comes home, she adds more ink!
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If you can go to MA graduation do so. It is a major accomplishment, and yes it is not as showy as PIR, but meaningful just the same.
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I don't think they have to bring the OC certificate with them but I do think I remember him getting a card with the same information on it.
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Kimmydee, nope, they cannot bring ANYHTING back to the boot camp base with them in Great Lakes. You can mail them the things once they get to A school. It may take a few weeks before they can wear civilian clothes - but they can use the cell phone and laptops right away.
My son joined before N4M's -so we didn't know any of this. I had to first send him his phone - then I took pictures of his clothes and sent them to him. He would answer yes or no whether he wanted the clothes or not. Find out what clothes they want sent - because they don't have a whole lot of room - and they have to take everything with them when they leave A school.
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